Fortinet FortiGate 71G URL, DNS & Video Filtering Service, 1-Year (FC-10-GT71G-112-02-12)

Web browsing and DNS lookups are among the most common vectors for phishing, malware delivery, and policy-violating content. The 1-Year FortiGuard URL, DNS and Video Filtering subscription (FC-10-GT71G-112-02-12) activates category-based web filtering, real-time DNS query inspection, and video content classification on the FortiGate 71G, letting administrators enforce acceptable-use policies and block access to malicious or inappropriate sites without routing traffic through a separate proxy.

What the Filtering Service Does

URL filtering works from FortiGuard’s categorized URL database, which covers billions of URLs across dozens of content categories. Policies block or allow category groups — social media, gambling, adult content, known malware distribution sites, newly observed domains — and individual URL overrides are supported. DNS filtering inspects DNS queries before name resolution completes, blocking responses for malicious or policy-violating domains at the query stage. This stops threats earlier in the connection lifecycle than URL filtering alone, including threats initiated by scripts or malware that bypass browser-level controls. Video filtering controls access to streaming platforms and specific video content types, relevant for organizations managing bandwidth consumption and acceptable-use compliance in offices and branch locations.

Who Needs URL, DNS and Video Filtering

Any organization with FortiGate 71G deployments in environments where user web access needs to be controlled benefits from this subscription. Branch offices, school networks, retail environments, and remote workers connecting through the 71G are common use cases. IT teams can define filtering profiles by user group, VLAN, or device type, applying tighter restrictions to guest traffic while giving corporate devices or IT staff different access levels.

Activation and Delivery

The key ships electronically within 0 to 1 business days to any country. Register it in FortiCare and link it to the FortiGate 71G serial number. URL and DNS filtering profiles become available in FortiOS on the next FortiGuard update cycle. Apply them to firewall policies on the interfaces carrying user web traffic. The FortiGate resolves URLs against the FortiGuard database in real time without latency visible to end users.

URL and DNS Filtering vs. the UTP and Enterprise Bundles

URL, DNS and Video Filtering is included in the UTP and Enterprise subscription bundles. Purchasing it standalone is appropriate when web filtering is the specific requirement and the broader bundle service stack is not yet needed. The table below shows where this service sits relative to the FortiGuard bundle tiers.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

URL and DNS filtering is one of the most commonly deployed standalone FortiGuard services because it addresses user-facing risk directly without requiring full bundle configuration overhead. DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner and MSSP that delivers Fortinet licenses electronically to any country, typically within the same business day. If the 71G site’s security requirements grow to include antivirus, application control, or IPS, DataCenter360.ca can assist with a UTP bundle upgrade quote.